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The family had to fight not just harassment by rapists and police but also the stigma attached to rape - despite the country having rallied for justice for Nirbhaya, staged candlelight marches demanding the death penalty for her tormentors and stricter laws to curb sexual offences against women.

The Bengal gang-rape incident has highlighted once again that stringent laws and protest marches are not enough to protect women in India.

Women will continue to be violated as long as the neighbourhood continues to treat the victim as a culprit.

All those people who tormented the girl and her family are as responsible for her death as the rapists themselves.

Unless they too are held accountable, the fate of such young women will never change in this country.